Baker’s team planning new strategies at MassHealth

BOSTON — Seeking federal dollars and more cost-controls, the Baker administration is reworking Medicaid on at least two fronts, moving toward population health and installing independent assessors for people in need of a range of services. The health safety net program receives about half of its funding from the federal government and at $15.4 billion makes up the biggest chunk of Gov. Charlie Baker's fiscal 2017 $39.55 billion budget.

BOSTON — Seeking federal dollars and more cost-controls, the Baker administration is reworking Medicaid on at least two fronts, moving toward population health and installing independent assessors for people in need of a range of services. The health safety net program receives about half of its funding from the federal government and at $15.4 billion makes up the biggest chunk of Gov. Charlie Baker's fiscal 2017 $39.55 billion budget.…